MONTERIGGIONI

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ARTS, GAMES AND FEASTS AT THE TIME OF DANTE

JULY 7th - Feasting at the castle

JULY 8th-9th-10th and JULY 15th-16th-17th - The medieval festival

The 2016 Festival

We are now at the 26th edition of the festival (the oldest and longest-running in our country), that will take place on July 8th-9th-10th and 15th-16th-17th.
This year, the chosen theme is: ARTS, GAMES AND FEASTS AT THE TIME OF DANTE.
Everyone is invited to cross the gates of the castle and enter the experience we are offering. We promise you gleefulness, culture, fun and merriment. Music, dances, cheerfulness and shows performed in a Monteriggioni crowded by craft shops reconstructing activities of the 13th-14th century AD: these are the trademarks of our festival. Shows are targeted at all audiences and will be delivered in collaboration with the best European street artists, producing a terrific mix such as is hardly to be found elsewhere.

- free entry for children under 7;
- free entry for guests of all accommodation facilities located within the Castle of Monteriggioni (a dedicated list, filled in by the same facilities, will have to be handed over to the tourist office by 4 PM of every event day);
- reduced (ordinary or local residents) ticket for: senior (65 & over); youths (ages 7-14); accompanied disabled visitors (one reduced ticket per disable + accompanying person);
- reduced ordinary tickets for: guests of all accommodation facilities located within the municipal boundaries of Monteriggioni (with letter released by the accomodation itself); organized groups of 30 or more, prior reservation at the Tourist Office by 4 PM of every event day;

- reduced ordinary tickets for Coop and Unicoop Florence members, restricted to presales at the Unicoop Florence members contact points;
- reduced castle restaurants ticket for customers eating inside the Castle on the evenings of the Medieval Festival (if reported in a dedicated list, filled in by the restaurants by 7 PM of every event day; access for visitors only after 7 PM)

The protagonists

Artists, craftsmen, musicians, jesters and men in arms participating at the 2016 edition of the Medieval Festival

Feasting at the Castle

7th JULY

Feasting at the Castle

7th JULY 2016 starting at 8 pm - Piazza Roma

Banquet at the Castle, a magnificent prologue to the medieval festival of Monteriggioni in one of the most picturesque squares of Italy.
The banquet traces the history of the castle through ancient delicacies, accompanied by the band La Giostra, Messer Lurinetto, Giullare Jocoso and the Lady of the Moon, the graceful Vita Nova dancers and the Monteriggioni drummers.
A light-hearted evening with harmony, good food and ..... more surprises not to be missed.

The Medieval Festival

8th-9th-10th JULY

The Medieval Festival

8th-9th-10th JULY 2016

FRIDAY JULY 8th

Streets and squares of the castle

5.00 p.m.: Opening of the gates of the castle, ticket booth and money exchange

5.30p.m.: Craftsman activities, market, hucksters, games for young and old along the streets and in the squares of the castle; taverns opening

6.00 p.m.: Festival beginning: entertainers, jesters, musicians and jugglers along the streets of the castle

7.00-7.45 p.m.: Grand Parade along the streets of the castle; historical re-enactment “The betrothal of the Tolomei family to the Ghinibaldo di Saracino da Strove family” -Agresto Group-

7.45-8.15: Monteriggioni Ensemble -show “Rhythm, Strength and Grace”-

8.30-9.00 p.m.: From the Saxon lands “Thomas Blackthorne - The fakir”

9.30-10.15 p.m.: The Carretto Jesters – experts in Jestery Art-

10.20-11.30 p.m.: The Ramino Theatre in “ITE MISSA EST…”, stilts and lights spectacle.
At the end of the show “Bacchus” and “Parade of Fools”